Like his predecessor, President Trump and his staff were also faced with tremendous initial challenges. He now has the opportunity to take on those challenges after power was transferred over on Jan 20, 2017. The Trump administration had a mandate of a Republican controlled congress (house and senate) who also shared a victorious night during the Nov 8, 2016 election. In fact the Democrats the day after the 2016 President election in the worst shape they have been since 1938. It should be noted that the Democratic party lost over 1,000 seats during President Obama's 8 year tenure.

8: America seemed more divided than ever before. The sense that America is more divided than it used to be is backed by hard data and based on several polls. It was seen through the streets of America with frequent riots, protests, American flag burning and attacks on police officers. Ironically President Obama ran his initial Presidential campaign on "healing a divided nation".

19: America had fallen to 23rd on Forbes list of best countries for business.

20: For the first time since World War II there wereno American aircraft carriers deployed at sea anywhere else in the world. And the Army has the fewest active-duty soldiers since 1940, despite a host of worldwide threats facing the United States.